GRE Word List

CALLUS

a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark

The meaning of the word callus is a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark.

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WordMeaning
jauntysprightly in manner or appearance : lively
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
affiliationthe state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc.
wilyfull of wiles : crafty
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
elusivetending to elude: such as
garnerto gather into storage
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
psychicof or relating to the psyche : psychogenic
serratednotched or toothed on the edge